gbootroot

gBootRoot pronounced "bOOtrOOt"

freesource 4db5216447 Date change.		23 years ago
BootRoot	This solves the freeze problem for particularly large templates ..	23 years ago
add-ons/yard/make-debian-X11	Proper permissions .. 0644	23 years ago
doc/html	This adds info about the other arch-depend replacements repository.	23 years ago
genext2fs	Stripped.	23 years ago
pkg/dpkg	Fixes that sp. mistake in deps finally.	23 years ago
user-mode-linux/usr	This time, adding them properly.	23 years ago
yard	Removed the reference, that it needs to be created as root.	23 years ago
.gitignore	* empty log message *	25 years ago
Changes	Date change, and better uml compile expl.	23 years ago
Makefile	This removes everything in arch-dep directory /usr/lib/bootroot	23 years ago
Makefile.pkg	This removes everything in arch-dep directory /usr/lib/bootroot	23 years ago
README	Date change, and better uml compile expl.	23 years ago
UML.pm	* This is an exciting module by jdike of UML, it uses the Expect, IO::Stty, and	24 years ago
gbootroot	Date change.	23 years ago
gbootroot.xpm	Right now this xpm is just used by the menu system .. not exactly 32x32 or given	23 years ago
gbootroot_pkg	Copies over the README.	23 years ago
gbootrootrc	Font change.	24 years ago
yard_chrooted_tests	This fixes some messiness for the fstab test, and gets rid of an unecessary	23 years ago

README

Program:  gBootRoot  pronounced "bOOtrOOt"
License:  GNU General Public License

The Makefile included with this source package doesn't attempt
to figure out whether your system has the proper requirements.
It may seem like a great idea to have a configure script, but
these things can fail, besides gbootroot is a program designed for people
who intend to build distributions and boot disks, so understanding what
things are required to get gbootroot to work completely can be quite 
beneficial.  At the very least, do a "make", and try gbootroot because the 
program will tell you what things are missing - hopefully nothing - and then 
you can refer to this README for help.

Out of the box this program works with the i386 architecture, people using
other architectures will need to compile genext2fs and user-mode-linux if
they want full functionality.  Eventually, the Advanced Kernel Section in
this program will be able to help with the uml compile.


Perl Modules:
#############

Gtk-Perl
--------

Version 0.7002 or greater.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/gtk-perl


Binaries:
#########  

Genext2fs
---------
genext2fs/genext2fs (included and already compiled for i386)
cd genext2fs; make  (other architectures)

User-Mode-Linux
---------------
user-mode-linux/usr/bin/linux         (included and already compiled for i386)
user-mode-linux/usr/lib/{modules*tar} (included and already compiled for i386)

If you use a different architecture you will need to get kernel sources
from www.kernel.org which preferably match the kernel version used by 
gbootroot - this can be found in the Changes file - and then a matching 
uml-patch from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=429.  
There's good instructions on how to do this at 
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/UserModeLinux-HOWTO-2.html.
Then put the uml kernel in the directory cited up and call it linux; you can
put the modules in a Replacements directory later on (see FAQ).


Boot Methods:
#############

2 disk compression
------------------

This method will tell you when any of these utilities are missing:

ash  lilo  bzip2  file


Root Methods:
#############

Yard
----

Watch the verbosity box, it will be obvious when a required command is missing.
Make sure you have this file installed on your system:

file


Important Configurations:
#########################

"chmod 4755 /usr/bin/uml_net" so normal users can have network capabilities.


Documentation:
#############

Documentaion and FAQ is in doc/html/index.html


Have fun!

 -Jonathan

Please infuse your suggestions, bug reports, insults, and patronage back to:
        Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource@users.sourceforge.net>